Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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